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Rwanda
COUNTRY #1
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RWANDA VS DENMARK

Compare Rwanda and Denmark health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Denmark
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Rwanda Population Pyramid
23,048,001
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Denmark Population Pyramid
6,245,374
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Denmark DENMARK
  Rwanda RWANDA   Denmark DENMARK
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.8
44.0
42.4
137
132
134
  
70.4
74.0
72.2
4
8
4
1970
42.8
46.0
44.4
148
143
145
  
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
1980
44.0
47.4
45.6
158
157
158
  
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
1990
29.9
33.8
31.8
183
183
183
  
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
2000
43.3
53.8
48.3
179
154
171
  
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
2010
57.5
68.1
62.8
156
130
139
  
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
2019
66.9
71.2
69.1
127
127
127
  
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Denmark DENMARK
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
71.2
127
127
79.6
83.0
21
30
Age
66.9
71.2
127
127
79.6
83.0
21
30
Age 5
69.5
73.5
130
130
79.9
83.3
22
31
Age 10
69.8
73.8
129
129
79.9
83.3
22
31
Age 15
70.1
74.1
127
128
80.0
83.3
22
32
Age 20
70.4
74.3
127
128
80.0
83.4
22
32
Age 25
70.8
74.5
125
128
80.1
83.4
24
32
Age 30
71.3
74.9
126
128
80.2
83.4
25
32
Age 35
71.7
75.2
124
128
80.4
83.5
25
33
Age 40
72.3
75.7
125
126
80.5
83.6
25
33
Age 45
73.0
76.4
126
126
80.7
83.8
26
33
Age 50
74.0
77.1
125
124
81.0
84.0
28
34
Age 55
75.2
78.1
126
123
81.5
84.3
30
35
Age 60
76.7
79.2
127
119
82.3
84.9
30
36
Age 65
78.5
80.6
127
116
83.3
85.6
33
37
Age 70
80.7
82.3
126
118
84.6
86.5
34
37
Age 75
83.3
84.4
128
117
86.1
87.6
36
40
Age 80
86.2
87.0
123
116
87.9
89.1
48
43
Age 85
89.6
90.2
120
110
90.2
91.0
67
57
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Denmark DENMARK
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
105.76
62
23.60
160
2. Coronary Heart Disease
77.83
135
36.00
178
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
74.70
45
13.49
144
4. Road Traffic Accidents
43.89
15
3.00
169
5. Liver Disease
41.22
23
6.98
151
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
39.89
44
0.88
142
7. Diabetes Mellitus
36.55
70
9.05
147
8. Malaria
35.78
26
0.00
99
9. Lung Disease
33.52
41
29.30
56
10. Hypertension
30.17
44
3.86
162
11. HIV/AIDS
29.44
34
0.24
141
12. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
2.70
154
13. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
22.37
53
14. Kidney Disease
23.20
92
5.79
161
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.49
55
29.41
11
16. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
19.03
62
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
15.72
23
18. Malnutrition
12.03
23
0.10
154
19. Asthma
11.90
53
0.59
157
20. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
3.71
144
21. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
3.96
130
22. Other Injuries
10.27
62
2.56
175
23. Suicide
9.45
81
7.63
106
24. Meningitis
8.67
38
0.28
145
25. Falls
7.68
61
3.55
136
26. Congenital Anomalies
7.02
52
2.33
172
27. Low Birth Weight
6.97
65
2.39
136
28. Tuberculosis
6.68
78
0.17
167
29. Maternal Conditions
6.57
42
0.05
173
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.24
43
1.46
134
31. Birth Trauma
6.06
54
0.44
155
32. Lymphomas
5.66
58
5.26
76
33. Inflammatory/Heart
5.09
86
2.39
155
34. Violence
4.56
91
1.08
151
35. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
28.82
15
36. Leukemia
3.96
73
4.10
64
37. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
8.44
16
38. Parkinson's Disease
3.83
107
3.79
111
39. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
3.89
46
40. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
3.19
79
41. Fires
2.90
52
0.53
138
42. Endocrine Disorders
2.79
121
4.43
75
43. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
5.69
41
44. Poisonings
2.31
40
0.08
173
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.15
64
0.58
147
46. Drownings
2.14
108
0.46
174
47. Epilepsy
2.08
60
1.24
121
48. Alcohol
1.99
60
6.10
13
49. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
3.04
31
50. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
2.13
100
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Rwanda RWANDA   Denmark DENMARK
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,280
9.10
2,244
5.00
2. Stroke
5,060
8.72
3,662
8.16
3. Road Traffic Accidents
3,718
6.41
213
0.47
4. Coronary Heart Disease
3,605
6.21
5,341
11.90
5. Malaria
3,298
5.69
0
0.00
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,121
5.38
145
0.32
7. HIV/AIDS
2,826
4.87
23
0.05
8. Liver Disease
2,548
4.39
692
1.54
9. Low Birth Weight
2,193
3.78
116
0.26
10. Birth Trauma
1,888
3.25
21
0.05
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,858
3.20
1,284
2.86
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,777
3.06
153
0.34
13. Lung Disease
1,555
2.68
4,387
9.77
14. Hypertension
1,357
2.34
642
1.43
15. Kidney Disease
1,206
2.08
911
2.03
16. Malnutrition
1,168
2.01
14
0.03
17. Other Injuries
944
1.63
347
0.77
18. Cervical Cancer
941
1.62
153
0.34
19. Meningitis
847
1.46
25
0.06
20. Stomach Cancer
780
1.34
484
1.08
21. Maternal Conditions
722
1.24
2
0.00
22. Asthma
717
1.24
82
0.18
23. Liver Cancer
706
1.22
464
1.03
24. Suicide
704
1.21
617
1.37
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
657
1.13
5,218
11.62
26. Tuberculosis
625
1.08
16
0.04
27. Breast Cancer
600
1.03
1,299
2.89
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
591
1.02
2,147
4.78
29. Violence
548
0.94
63
0.14
30. Lymphomas
450
0.78
730
1.63
31. Falls
412
0.71
541
1.21
32. Prostate Cancer
396
0.68
1,480
3.30
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
362
0.62
216
0.48
34. Inflammatory/Heart
347
0.60
284
0.63
35. Leukemia
317
0.55
558
1.24
36. Drownings
285
0.49
37
0.08
37. Oral Cancer
272
0.47
371
0.83
38. Fires
270
0.47
53
0.12
39. Lung Cancers
234
0.40
3,721
8.29
40. Poisonings
220
0.38
6
0.01
41. Endocrine Disorders
219
0.38
575
1.28
42. Pertussis
218
0.38
0
0.00
43. Pancreas Cancer
214
0.37
1,096
2.44
44. Oesophagus Cancer
213
0.37
477
1.06
45. Epilepsy
191
0.33
125
0.28
46. Syphilis
173
0.30
0
0.00
47. Parkinson's Disease
146
0.25
600
1.34
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
136
0.23
96
0.21
49. Alcohol
125
0.22
598
1.33
50. Skin Cancers
113
0.19
388
0.86
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rwanda RWANDA   Denmark DENMARK
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.00
22
2.70
154
2. Prostate Cancer
25.46
43
22.37
53
3. Breast Cancer
15.96
102
19.03
62
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.27
45
15.72
23
5. Liver Cancer
11.48
24
3.71
144
6. Stomach Cancer
10.60
37
3.96
130
7. Lymphomas
5.66
58
5.26
76
8. Lung Cancers
4.46
140
28.82
15
9. Leukemia
3.96
73
4.10
64
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.86
87
8.44
16
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.59
52
3.89
46
12. Oral Cancer
3.02
84
3.19
79
13. Ovary Cancer
2.74
155
5.69
41
14. Skin Cancers
1.89
91
3.04
31
15. Uterin Cancer
1.84
115
2.13
100
16. Bladder Cancer
0.66
173
3.85
28
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.